The Ultimate Notre Dame Fighting Irish Basketball Fun Fact Book

The Ultimate Notre Dame Fighting Irish Fun Fact Book is a great little book aimed at bringing lots of trivia, fun facts, and little known info right to the Notre Dame fan. With sections titled Notre Dame Basketball Fun Facts, Notre Dame Basketball and the NBA Draft, Notre Dame Basketball Firsts, and Five Fun Facts About Eight Notre Dame Coaches, there are some excellent chances here to find out something you may not know.

There is also a section titled Five Fun Facts About 30 Notre Dame Basketball Players that includes great information about a wide selection of former Notre Dame greats like Austin Carr, Adrian Dantley, LaPhonso Ellis, Pat Garrity, Luke Harangody, John Moir, Bill Laimbeer, Troy Murphy, John Paxson, David Rivers, John Shumate, Chris Thomas, Kelly Tripucka, Orlando Woolridge, and more.

Use the info here to organize a quiz for your next Fighting Irish gathering, impress your friends, show up your siblings, or even win a bet or two.

Find out fun facts like:

-Who was the first Notre Dame player to be a three time All-Big East first team selection?

-Which Notre Dame player led the team in blocked shots in each of his four seasons playing basketball there?

-Who did Notre Dame beat for its 1000th college basketball win?

-Who was the first Notre Dame coach to win the Big East Coach of the Year Award?

-What Notre Dame player averaged more rebounds per game than anyone else in school history?

-Who was the first Notre Dame player to be drafted into the NBA and go on to play over 1,000 games as a professional there?

-Who was the first Notre Dame player to go on to be a head coach in the NBA?

-What was the only decade not to feature a Notre Dame player being drafted in the first round of the NBA Draft?